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Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner snatches
an apple from the grasp of a robot arm and
hand that can sense objects purely
by changes in the surrounding electric field.


Zachary Drake of Emotiv Systems demonstrates
an interface that monitors external signals
of brain activity with a special headset
and then translates the data into actions
in a basic video game. Here, his angry
expression chases away glowing
sprites in a video game.


Drake makes a gesture to lift parts in a video game.


Jason Campbell, a senior staff scientist with Intel Research,
described devices called catoms that collectively
could be assembled into materials that are in effect programmable.
Here, he holds two basic models.
Intel expects catoms to be miniaturized over time.
Because catoms can communicate and interact
electromagnetically, they'll be able
to take up more or less volume, Intel said,
so that shape-shifting and
color-changing materials can be built from them.


This catom, shown close up, is bristling with electronic elements.
Catom is a Carnegie Mellon University
term standing for claytronics atom.


A shorter catom shows delicate copper wiring.


The Intel robot, called Herb, moves a mug without tipping it.
Had it been full of a liquid, that might have kept
it from spilling--up until the point when the robot
unceremoniously dropped the mug it into its storage bin.

Source: ZDNet Photo Gallery: Advancing Machine Intelligence

Omnisio, a video creation, sharing and presentation site was acquired by Google. They will be joining the YOUTUBE team, and soon use their knowledge and ideas for the Youtube community to be more interactive and innovative in products and feature.



Omnisio's acquisition statement says "We are thrilled to announce that we've been acquired by Google and will soon be joining the YouTube team, aligning us with the market leaders in online video. Together we'll apply what we've learned about the space, and we'll work to develop innovative products and features for the YouTube community. We believe we've only scratched the surface in terms of what's possible with online video, and we are really looking forward to taking the video viewing -- and creating -- experience to the next level."

I am not wondering sooner and later, GOOGLE will cover the internet envelop!

Soon, Intel's pride, Centrino 2 will hit the market this or next month. It was last Tuesday, Intel company launched Centrino 2 processor for notebooks. It is now designed with great performance, cool battery life and a five times better wireless performances and this include dual-core processors.



Some of its details are:

* The processors come with a faster 1066MHz front side bus and up to 6MB of L2 cache;
* Three versions of the first five operate at 25 watts;
* Processor components can idle to save power;
* Wi-Fi data rates up to 450 Mbps.

source: zdNet

This primarily benefits all call centers, since this is developed basically for security and privacy purposes. IBM wants "to proactively address a potential threat that can be used in an attack vector in call centers." as stated from J.R. Rao, senior manager of the secure software and services group at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights.

This technology identifies sensitive data and or information through audio recordings and then mask them through white noise, silence or an edited announcement, with this, only authorized personnel can access the said information. This technology has been used already by some call centers but IBM still is still in puzzle if this will be taken as a service for their customers or product.

It is being reported that controversial YAHOO company has planned to reorganize. According to rumors, this is due to the failed bid by MICROSOFT to take over YAHOO and which cause some of the executives being dismayed and had planned to leave the company.




This reorganization is being pushed by YAHOO's new president, Susan Decker on which its goal is to improve communication between Yahoo's various divisions, including mail, search, and home page, with overseas sales staff.

On August 1 of 2008, its shareholders will vote for their new board of directors during their shareholder's meeting.

Bill Gates keynote at Tech·Ed Developers conference at Orlando served as a preview of some of Microsoft's soon to be released technology. Some of the mentioned technologies/data oriented products were; the go live edition of silverlight 2, a new data caching technology and a partnership with IBM, the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Velocity, a distributed in-memory application cache platform, and a CTP of the Microsoft Sync Framework for Windows Mobile.

“When I think back on the early days of development when we were all programming in DOS, and then take a look at what we can do now with technologies like the .NET Framework, it simply amazes me how far we’ve come,” Gates stated.

He humbly finished the speech and got off the stage with polite applause from the audience.

First of all, i am not into web development, eventhough i am a newbie blogger (a 1 year in blog? still considering myself as newbie..lol)
But want to share this idea to those who still do not know about Twitter.
As define from twitter itself, It is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Bloggers can use it as a mini-blogging tool



For blogger like me, there are many definitions we can think of but as of now, i define Twitter as:
:140 characters mini blogging
:its a minute online talking for self and friends updates
:creating and expanding online circle of friends
:it will make you a better editorial writer, the briefer the words the better.
:one way of promoting and advertising your blog..LOL

So what's with TWITTER? This cool web application topped some of the Technology news sites last 8 days ago when some of the users or i may say twitterers including ME encountered problem asking why they are always get disconnected and get some error call outs. The reason is that Twitter have encountered Database failure and they are on the process of recovery until yesterday, when Twitter official representative, Jason Goldman, in their support Forum officially stated:

"We are coming back to life now - the recovery took a bit longer than anticipated.
With outages of this type, there is impaired performance after the database recovers. Essentially, it needs to be restored by handling incoming traffic but it takes a while to catch up with demand.
This process is concluding now but the site will be slow for a while longer."

Hmmm... do i hear the word SLOW? Anyways, every applications whether online or not, needs to have more testing or i may say development for it to be reliable and stable. so long live TWITTER! follow me NOW!

Desktop virtualization is getting more better with Microsoft technology (Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP)) and Kidaro's technology which produces new desktop virtualization product called Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization. This product is very useful for roaming laptop users.



“This technology will help enable end users to run applications from multiple versions of Windows at the same time, with seamless windowing and menus, and without the confusion of logging into and seeing multiple virtual machine desktops,” stated Shanen Boettcher, general manager of Windows product management.

Very cool combination indeed!

LuxeMate 525 is the latest gaming keyboard from Genius. This professional design has sleek ergonomic game hot keys on the left side and keeps your wrists in a comfortable position. You can store three different game groups using the built in lighting switch buttons. The 26 programmable macro key is ideal to record commands for gaming weapons or action games. And the 64KB on board memory lets you save your commands for different kinds of games.


See Keyboard's functions HERE..

LuxeMate 525 is high value design with large keycap structure with low noise. Six direct action gaming keys make it more convenient. Plus 13 easy touch buttons for multimedia center, Internet Explorer, Mail folder, MSN and more, it works great with Windows® applications. A built in audio in/out port lets you connect a microphone and speaker to play your games. For more information about this remarkable gaming keyboard, ask your sales representative about the LuxeMate 525.

Key features:

* Fashionable and transparent modern design
* Water resistant function for protection of liquid spills
* Complex macros with 26 programmable keys for customized and instant control
* 64KB on board memory with up to 100 customizable profiles (10 onboard)
* Built-in microphone and speaker jacks for easy connection

Source: geniusnet.com

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Genius intoduces its G-Pen M712 Pen Tablets

"The G-Pen M712 from Genius is a remarkable tablet with creative functions which are more advanced and ideal for professionals. The 4000 LPI high resolution provides the best graphic performance for professional design. The unique dual mode function can switch the active area from wide to standard and back. The 12” x 7.25”(wide) / 9.5” x 7.25” (standard) working area and one cordless pen is great for Windows and MAC users to write, draw, sketch and sign emails. Using the pen tablet gives you better convenience and control compared to your mouse. The cursor moves precisely where you position the pen.



For pen and functions, click HERE

The two rolling pads at the top of the tablet are convenient for either hand. As you press the hot keys (Scroll, Zoom, Volume), the blue LED will blink and you can use the rolling pad to easily operate the 4D scrolling, zoom in /out and volume up/down functions. The sleek elegant-black design with dual mode active area is a perfect fit for wide and standard screens. There are thirty four fast shortcut keys you can select with the pen for instant access to Office, Internet and Vista functions. The cordless pen features two buttons and 1024 level pressure sensitivity for drawing or writing. While you draw or write with the digital pen, you can control the shapes and thickness easily.

Just plug it in and you can use built-in Vista functions like personal note taking, email signing, handwriting recognition, handwritten emails and pen flick navigation. Bundled with PhotoShop Elements 5.0 (full version), you have a professional tablet and is the best choice for artists and designers. Just ask your salesperson how you can pick this device up."

Source: geniusnet.com

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uBOT-5 can pick up objects, can detect an accident victim and check their vital signs while calling to 911 and the funny thing, t can also perform virtual meet-ups with its LCD screen, Web cam and an Internet connection.
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Yes, there are cool gadgets now at some Asian country but not available in other place. This is according to PC World, and here they are:


Panasonic Viera P905i (click image for larger view)


Raon Everun UMPC (click image for larger view)


Samsung 'Soul' SGH U900 (click image for larger view)


NEC ValueStar W (click image for larger view)


Toshiba ApriPoko Robot (click image for larger view)


Sony VAIO G2 (click image for larger view)


Fujitsu F705i (click image for larger view)


Aigo USB Dongle (click image for larger view)


NEC LUI (click image for larger view)


Face Bank (click image for larger view)

I hope they are here in the Philippines...

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Is this the one we are waiting for? Is this the real Asus EE PC desktop? i just got this pictures from the web. Is this a real deal?



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Charlie miller hacked Macbook air at around 2 minutes in a famous PWN 2 OWN (pawn to own) hacking contest. The organizers offered three laptops namely; Sony Vaio, Fujitsu U810, and the MacBook Air as a prize for the said event. Contestants can owned the said laptops if they could hack each system.

On the first day of the contest, nobody can do the hacking. But on Thursday, miller did it with just the said time span. He won the Macbook Air laptop and a cash prize worth $10,000. He was the first contestant attempted to hack the system and was successful. He then signed a Non Disclosure agreement and he is not allowed to discuss anything.

Charlie Miller is the hacker behind Apple Iphone last year.

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Technology really runs fast, changes are made in every second. And what could be the future of laptops in year 2015? Buckle your seat belt as i guide you to the next generations of Notebooks...

1. The Compenion Concept Notebook

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2. The Canova concept notebook

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3. The Siafu concept notebook

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4. The Cario concept notebook

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5. The Solar Laptop Concept

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Just wondering what could be macbook air laptop's future..ahehehe

Source: ComputerWorld

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DOST 2008 Merit Qualifiers

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The Beta released which is available in their Mozilla Download page (available in different languages) is not intended to common or nontechie users. This is designed for testing purposes only, its target are those web developers and their Mozilla testing community.

"Firefox 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform, which has been under development for the past 31 months. Building on the previous release, Gecko 1.9 has more than 12,000 updates including some major re-architecting to provide improved performance, stability, rendering correctness, and code simplification and sustainability" based on their Mozilla Firefox 3 Beta 4 release notes.

"[Improved in Beta 4!] Firefox 3 Beta 4 includes more than 900 enhancements from the previous beta, including drastic improvements to performance and memory usage, as well as fixes for stability, platform enhancements and user interface improvements. Many of these improvements were based on community feedback from the previous beta."

As i browsed Microsoft's download page, i found out that Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is definitely available for downloading. And take note, it is available for Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008,Windows Vista x64 Edition and Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition, Window XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2 and lastly Windows Server 2003 SP2 x64 Edition and Windows XP SP2 Pro x64 Edition ...

One of the issues being raised by some of the IE7 users or even me, is that some of the sites showed in IE7 looked really bad but not with IE6. The reason?

"The reason was that the sites had worked around IE6 issues with content that – when viewed with IE7’s improved Standards mode – looked bad." as stated in microsoft blog.

This is the technical challenge IE team is working on, because for sure what had happened with IE7 and 6 will do the same with IE 8.

"In other words, the technical challenge here is how can IE determine whether a site’s content expects IE8’s Standards mode or IE7’s Standards mode? Given how many sites offer IE very different content today, which should IE8 default to?"

Truely, as a user, i do not like to work with IE7 around, i'd rather love to use IE6 than that. But if this IE8 will work great, why not? Let us give Microsoft a chace.. (lol)..